Yellow button on gear stick

Hi, pardon my ignorance but i dont have a clue where to find the answer for this...

On my 1999 FreeLander there is a yellow button on the gear stick... i have absolutely no idea what it does and how to make it work

can someone tell me what i have to do to make it work AND what it is supposed to do... please

thats if it even works in the first place haha

Thanks, Ste

It is the hill descent control button. The name should give you some sort of clue as to it's function

If you keep your finger on it for 10 seconds it will spontaneously combust! ... This is the most useful feature on a Gaylander!

Page 86 of your Owners manual

There have been lots of complaints from Gaylanderers. That the doors tend to end up under the vehicle, when they fall orf. so LR as installed a small explosive charge that blows the doors out and approx 3ft away from the vehicle.

Once it starts to rain the gaylanderers should carefully watch the doors for signs of falling orf. as soon as the doors start to fall away Press the yellow button to activate the door charges. this will ensure that the doors land well clear of the wheels. and can be recovered and gaffa taped back into place. until such time as it stops raining..

Andy Land said:

If i keep my finger on it for 10 seconds it spontaneously erupts in my pants!

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Brilliant... so how steep a hill should i use this on???

again sorry for my lack of knowledge but your talking to someone with there very first 4x4 lol

banditste said:

Brilliant... so how steep a hill should i use this on???

again sorry for my lack of knowledge but your talking to someone with there very first 4x4 lol

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it's up to you, use it when you think it will be of use.
it will bring you down any incline at a steady 5.6 mph....all you have to do is steer

banditste said:

Brilliant... so how steep a hill should i use this on???

again sorry for my lack of knowledge but your talking to someone with there very first 4x4 lol

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Best employed when negociating a route down off the pavement...

Freelander - Hill Descent Control - Land Rover

lol... now now be nice people... im only after a little advice!!! didnt want to press it and not know what it does!!!!

Depends on the surface. But if you start finding it difficult to control your descent by gears alone, then you should use HDC. In a similar way that owners of proper 4x4's would use low box

Maybe it should be used when negotiating a wet asda carpark

Daz

Cheers Daz... has always been a problem for me when its been raining at the ASDA :crazy_driver:

haha

Thanks guys, so what EXACTLY does it do? does it keep the revs up for me so i cant stall up a steep hill? does is keep the car going by itself so i can use the brakes? does it use the brakes so i can just use the throttle???

honest i am sh*te at this sort of thing!!! i off road motorbikes so my experience of hill climbing is just point it in the right direction and fooking go for it!!!!! :biggrin1:

Banditste, glad you asked the question I was afraid too,
I've had 4x4's before but this is first freelander,
had a rough idea as its called Hill descent control but glad to read links to find out how it works,
cheers

Its for going DOWN hill under control

Daz

DISCOVERY1-DAZ said:

Its for going DOWN hill under control

Daz

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Not if you're descending UP a hill

banditste said:

Thanks guys, so what EXACTLY does it do? does it keep the revs up for me so i cant stall up a steep hill? does is keep the car going by itself so i can use the brakes? does it use the brakes so i can just use the throttle???

honest i am sh*te at this sort of thing!!! i off road motorbikes so my experience of hill climbing is just point it in the right direction and fooking go for it!!!!! :biggrin1:

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I think the word DESCENT in the hill descent control is a clue It applies the brakes to maintain a fixed speed of just over 5mph when going down hill. If one wheel starts to lock up, it releases the brake on that wheel. Because unlike Defenders, Disco's and Range Rovers, the Freelander does not have a low range transfer box, on steep hills you cannot control speed by putting into very low gear and letting engine braking control your descent.

Freelaner said:

it's up to you, use it when you think it will be of use.
it will bring you down any incline at a steady 5.6 mph....all you have to do is steer

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you may not have seen this.....so i'll post it again